I think the X-T2 is maybe more useful than the A7II that I usually own. One thing is really stopping my enthusiasm.. The camera froze 5 times in 2 days, only the removal of the battery helped. Stuff like that is a real showstopper, if it happens to more people than me. Apart from that, I find the handling and convenience very professional and could imagine to use it for jobs.

Jannik Peters wrote:
I think the X-T2 is maybe more useful than the A7II that I usually own. One thing is really stopping my enthusiasm.. The camera froze 5 times in 2 days, only the removal of the battery helped. Stuff like that is a real showstopper, if it happens to more people than me. Apart from that, I find the handling and convenience very professional and could imagine to use it for jobs.

I love the RF body style more but have to say that the X-T2 was almost the perfect camera for me.
Nice EVF, tilting-screen, dedicated shutter and ISO dial.
Never had any freezing issues TBH and I used mine in the rain, snow, heat and salt water splash.

A couple of weekends ago I attended the lovely wedding of the daughter of a friend. It was held just outside Atlanta. The husband/wife photography team were shooting with Canon 5D3's. I had brought along the XE2s that I had rented to test, but left it in the car to use later if the mood struck me and I felt I wouldn't interfere with the pros.

We had arrived a little early and I struck up a conversation with them when they took a break from photographing the reception area. I mentioned the Fuji and they were very interested and asked if they could look at it later. They said they had several colleagues that were transitioning from their Nikon and Canon gear to Fuji setups. They said their friends were happy with the change.

I don't know if the Nikon employee in the story was voicing a personal opinion or repeating a party line, but the fact he called out Fuji makes me wonder if they are noticing a trend they consider troubling. If he really felt that way, he wouldn't have even mentioned it.

It may be related to this statement by Nikon:
“Despite the continuous boom in sales of FPD Lithography Systems […], consolidated operating income as a whole is expected to fall below the previous forecast, impacted by the sluggish and shrinking markets of digital cameras in the Imaging Products Business […]”

I don't call myself a pro like other (even though i get paid to shot) but i haven't spend a dime on Nikon in the last 24 months while over 20K for Sony and Fuji in the same period. They can hang on into those hardcore/royal nikon shooter while Sony/Fuji enjoy collecting money from the so call non-pro photographer left and right.

akin_t wrote:
Why is this so hard for people to digest? He works for Nikon ... What exactly do you expect him to say when speaking publicly about the competition?

Have none of you worked in corporate environment before? This is nothing.

It's hard to digest because I have lived in Japan and I am familiar with how easy it is to mistranslate the intent from Japanese to English. It is also out of character for a CEO in Japan to make a statement like that.

The way the Internet works is that you can create lots of traffic to your website by either offering great content or trolling with comments or articles like this to get people riled up. My guess is a journalist saw an opportunity to generate traffic from the troll method.

Steezus wrote:
It's hard to digest because I have lived in Japan and I am familiar with how easy it is to mistranslate the intent from Japanese to English. It is also out of character for a CEO in Japan to make a statement like that.

The way the Internet works is that you can create lots of traffic to your website by either offering great content or trolling with comments or articles like this to get people riled up. My guess is a journalist saw an opportunity to generate traffic from the troll method.

You are probably right. But that doesn't mean we can't have a little fun with it.

Most people who have a large collection of quality lenses won't even consider switching systems because of the hassle of selling it. That includes most working professionals. So he's in a way right. It will take many years before Fuji becomes one of the big players for pros. But it is happening (slowly).

Kind of the same with me and the GFX. I have so many (great) XF lenses.